Description

ST 69 SE TORTWORTH TORTWORTH PARK

1/138 Offices, Stableblock and Coach-
houses and Enclosing Walls
G.V. immediately north of Leyhill

II

Offices, stables and coachhouses and enclosing walls; now workshops and a Prison
Service Museum. Circa 1850 by S.S. Teulon. The stables, coachhouses and
workshops enclose three sides of a square yard. Coursed rubble with Bath stone
dressings; plain and fish scale tiled roofs. West range: single storey range
of 6 stables, now workshops; plank doors and single and 2-light casement windows;
projecting pentice over setted walkway. North range: in the centre is a
2 storey, 3 bay groom's quarters with 3 gables, three 3-light cross windows and
3 plank doors in chamfered surrounds and under relieving arches; to the left is
a single storey 2 bay stable range; to the right are 3 coach-houses with
chamfered, depressed arch surrounds. East range: to the north are 3 coach-
houses as on the north range; in the centre is an entrance tower with a 4-centred
arch carriageway, gables to all 4 sides above and a central clock tower with a
tiled base and a louvred lantern surmounted by an ogee dome; to the south'is a
single storey range with three 2-light casement windows. A tall rubble quadrant
wall then joins the east range to a 4-centred archway which has, on the south
side, a further quadrant wall with a single storey dairy built against it, which
returns to the north east corner of the house. Across the centre of the yard is
a freestanding range of buildings. In the centre is an octagonal game larder:
2-light casement windows to each elevation; plank door under a Y-tracery window;
octagonal louvred lantern and plain tiled roof. Flanking the larder are single
storey workshop buildings with hipped roofs and to the west is a former
brewhouse or gasworks: square 2 storey tower at the west end, hipped roof and
large octagonal louvred lantern, three 2-light casement windows, clustered
octagonal brick stacks; 2 storey east range which ends in a gable cross wing.
(The Builder, 29.10.1853 and 19.11.1853).

Listing NGR: ST6935792617

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26408764

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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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